Brother with CF

anonymous

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I have a brother who is older than me who has CF and I hate the fact that he has CF I try and be nice to him but he doesn't want anything to do with me he says all the time that I am lucky and when I try and help him he says you haven't got CF you wouldn't understand I just want him to know that I care about him it makes me feel guilty sometimes that I don't have CF and he does. Is there any siblings here that go though the same as me

Tara
 

Mockingbird

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I have CF, and I would say your brother has a attitude problem. =-) How old is your brother? If he is in his teens, then i'm sure he'll just grow out of it, but if he's older than that, I think all he needs is a good slap in the face. =-)

It's true I have feelings that a lot of people in my life just don't understand what it is like to have cf, but I also realize I'm not the only one who has to deal with it. To be honest, I don't really know your situation, so I can't do anything more than just guess, but it sounds like your brother is just feeling sorry for himself. Not that there isn't anything wrong with that every once in a while, but when people are feeling sorry for themselves all the time, they forget about the people around them. I know, it must be very hard for you to see your brother with cf and not be able to do anything about it. Harder still for him to just brush you off like that. I'm not sure there's anything you can do to change things, but hopefully he'll come to realize how important you are. In the meantime, it sounds like you're doing the best you can, and I'd say even though he doesn't acknowledge it, it does make a very huge difference.
 

anonymous

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OHHHHHH MYYYY GOSH....I AM GOING THRU THE SAME SITUATION EXCEPT MY BROTHER IS A LOT RUDER I THINK...I AM 29, AMD MY BROTHER IS 23 WITH C/F. EVERYTIME I CALL HIM I GET A HANG UP, AND IF I AM LUCKY, I WILL GET A LEAVE ME ALONE.BUT, I TELL U WHAT....HE IS MY ONLY SIBLING, AND I REFUSE TO GIVE UP ON HIM NO MATTER HOW MEAN HE IS TO ME....I CALL HIM ALL THE TIME EVEN THOUGH HE HANGS UP ON ME, IT IS SHOWING HIM I CARE SO I'M SURE DEEP DOWN HE APPRECIATES IT EVEN
 

anonymous

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THOUGH HE WOULD NEVER ADMIT IT... WHATEVER U DO,,,, DO NOT GIVE UP NO MATTER WHAT.DO YOU LIVE TOGETHER? MY BROTHER AND I DON'T. HE TELLS ME TO NEVER VISIT AND THAT HEL'L NEVER VISIT ME.. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 2 YEARS SINCE I HAVE SEEN HIM. DONT GIVE UP, KEEP GIVING IN, HE IS WORTH IT!! P.S SORRY ABOUT SENDING TWO MESSAGES. I ACCIDENTLY CLICKED ON THE WRONG BUTTON.....GOOD LUCK
 

anonymous

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When my child with CF was acting this way towards her brother and saying some of the same things your brother is saying she was dealing with a major case of depression and needed medical/psychological treatment.
 
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